Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Naofumi Fujie

Koji Ito

Shoji Okada

Tomoaki Imaizumi

Yasuo Kuwabara

Toshimitsu Oka

Taneichi Kawai

Takao Saeki

Keiji Mori

Yasuaki Suzuki

Hitoshi Takayanagi

Kazuya Tanaka

Hideki Kawabata

Kuniyoshi Harada

Koichi Ito

Takami Terada

Osamu Fujimoto

Kazunori Sakamoto

Toshihiko Ishida

Nobuyasu Suzumura

Yasuhiro Otsuka

Hitoshi Ishikawa

Hiroshi Nawa

Hidekazu Kogita

Kenichi Fukura

Tetsuya Hirata

Masaru Hoshina

Yutaka Kondoh

Shinya Takeda

Kazumi Hayashi

Hideaki Ueno

Katsutoshi Kato

Akitoshi Sometani

Yuji Ichikawa

Masahiro Miyaji

Kouji Aoki

Kato Katsutoshi

Naoto Nishio

Kouetsu Hibino

A sheet-like pressure sensitive switch is disclosed. A spacer 2 of an insulating material is interposed between a first film 1 of an insulating material which is provided with a first electrode 1a and a second film 3 of an insulating material which is provided with a second electrode 3a. The spacer 2 has a number of openings 2a, through which the first electrode 1a and the second electrode 3a oppose each other with an air gap therebetween. A first lead wire 4a and a second lead wire 4b are connected to the first electrode 1a and the second electrode 3a, respectively. In a pressure sensitive switch according to a first embodiment, the first and the second film 1, 3 are formed of polyethylene naphthalate films. In a pressure sensitive switch according to a second embodiment, the second film 3 is formed of polyethylene terephthalate film while the first film 1 is formed of polyethylene naphthalate film.

Pressure sensitive switch

An occupant sensing apparatus for detecting a seated person on a seat includes a pressure switch disposed in the seat. The pressure switch has a pair of films and a pair of electrodes disposed between the films. The pair of electrodes are spaced in the films so as to define an OFF condition of the pressure switch. The pressure switch is in an ON condition when the electrodes contact each other. The occupant sensing apparatus further includes a controller connected to the electrodes of the pressure switch and determining whether the seat is occupied in accordance with the ON or OFF condition of the pressure switch.

Occupant sensing apparatus

A pressure sensitive switch includes a first insulating film provided on one surface thereof with an electrode sheet and an insulating spacer having one surface connected to one surface of the first insulating film and a thickness. The insulating spacer is formed with a plurality of holes, each having a diameter larger than the thickness and a plurality of air-vents, each having a width which is narrower than the diameter of the holes in such a manner that the holes and the air-vents are in mutual air communication and extend through the insulating spacer along its thickness direction. A second insulating film is provided on one surface thereof with another electrode sheet and one surface of the second insulating film is connected to the other surface of the insulating spacer. A cord has a first wire and a second wire connected to the electrode sheet of the first insulating film and the electrode sheet of the second insulating film, respectively. A plurality of air passages extend through the first insulating film along its thickness direction and are in air communication with the air-vents and exposed to an exterior atmosphere.

Pressure sensitive seat switch with air vent passages

An apparatus for unlocking a door lock for a vehicle, comprising a plurality of door locks for being mounted on doors of the vehicle, a collision direction detecting device for detecting a direction of an impact applied to a vehicle; and an unlocking mechanism for unlocking a door lock located on a side opposite to a collision side based on the direction detected by the collision direction detecting device.

Apparatus for unlocking a door lock for a vehicle

A regulator for a power window having a safety function for preventing an object from being caught in a closing power window includes a driving unit for raising and lowering the window glass of a vehicle and a driven unit which receives power from the driving unit. When frictional resistance corresponding to relative displacement between the driving and driven units is less than a fixed value during descent of the window glass and exceeds this fixed during ascent of the window glass, the ascending window glass is reversed and made to descend. When the amount of an increase in current to the driving unit during ascent of the window glass increases in a case where the sliding resistance has exceeded a fixed value even once during descent of the window glass, the ascending window glass is reversed and made to descend.

Power window regulator apparatus

A seat structure is provided which can more reliably detect seating by a smaller stroke of a seat cushion. Movable members 8, 51 and 231 operating in response to up and down movement of a seat cushion 1 and a switching means 4 able to abut against the movable members 8, 51 and 231 are provided, performing occupant detection based on the on/off operation of the switching means 4 by means of the movement operation of the movable members 8, 51 and 231 accompanying a fall of the seat cushion 1.

Seat structure for vehicles with occupant detector

A method for producing a roll forming allows the hemming step and the roll-forming step to be contiguously performed in a single production line. The first ripping step (E) tears off a side edge strip along the first groove formed by the first grooving step (B) to form a first edge portion having a gradually changed sectional shape. At least the first grooving step (B) and the first ripping step (E) are performed contiguously with the roll-forming step (A) by utilizing the sheet or product conveyance force provided in the roll-forming step (A).

Method for producing rolled structural shapes

A sunroof for a vehicle includes a guide rail fixed on a roof panel of the vehicle, a movable panel slidably supported on the guide rail for opening and closing an opening in the roof and a slidable sunshade panel which becomes interlocked with the movable panel through an interlock mechanism, wherein the interlock mechanism and the sunshade panel are slidingly moved according to the slide operation of the movable panel.

Vehicle sunroof

An outside mirror for a vehicle has a ultrasonic vibrator and a heating member in order to quickly remove the foreign substances from the entire surface of a mirror member. The ultrasonic vibrator is rigidly fixed to a supporting member. The supporting member is rigidly fixed to outer edges of the mirror member. A space is provided between the mirror member and the supporting member. The heating member is installed in the space. The ultrasonic vibrator atomizes water drops on the mirror member. The heating member melts ice, frost or other foreign substances on the mirror member. The ice, frost or the other foreign substances which are melted by the heating member are removed by the ultrasonic vibrator.

Outside mirror for a vehicle

A sliding roof device for vehicles includes a pair of guide rails each being oppositely provided in vehicle longitudinal direction, an opening provided in a vehicle roof, a roof panel slidable in the vehicle longitudinal direction along the pair of guide rails for opening and closing the opening of the roof, a U-shaped extension formed integrally with the pair of guide rails and a rain gutter having a U-shaped channel and motor drive bracket which is provided on the U-shaped extension of the guide rails.

Sliding roof device

A vehicle retractable mirror structure comprising an arm member mounted on a vehicle body for a pivotable movement relative to the vehicle body between an operative position wherein the arm member projects sidewardly with respect to the vehicle body and a retracted position wherein the arm member is positioned close to the vehicle body, and a mirror assembly mounted on the arm member for a pivotable movement with respect to the arm member. There is provided an interconnecting motion transmitting mechanism between the arm member and the mirror assembly for moving the mirror assembly with the arm member so that the mirror assembly is moved to an operative position wherein the mirror member is projected sidewardly with respect to the vehicle body when the arm member is moved to the operative position and a retracted position wherein the mirror member is positioned close to the vehicle body when the arm member is moved to the retracted position. There is further provided a driving mechanism for driving the arm member between the operative position and the retracted position whereby the mirror assembly is moved with respect to the arm member when the arm member is driven by the driving mechanism.

Vehicle retractable mirror device

An outside mirror for a vehicle includes a generally planar member, a supporting member rigidly secured to the generally planar member and a vibrator rigidly secured to the supporting member. A space is provided between the generally planar member and the supporting member. The supporting member and the generally planar member have a similar coefficient of linear expansion in order to reduce the stress applied to the generally planar member and lessen the distortion of the planar member.

Outside mirror for vehicle including a vibrator fixed to a one-piece

A mirror device for an automobile includes a mirror member. A seal member is vibratably held to an outer circumference portion of the mirror member. A holder member is held to the seal member, is positiond at a reverse side of the mirror member and is vibratably held to the mirror member through the seal member. A vibrator is served for vibrating the mirror member.

Mirror device including an elastic seal member and a vibrator for an

The vehicle mirror of the present invention is made such that a supporting member is arranged with a predetermined spacing in respect to the rear mirror member of an anti-halation mirror member having the anti-halation device such as liquid crystal or electrochromic element or the like between the front transparent member and the rear mirror member getting a reflection as the mirror, the piezo-electric vibrator generating vibration is fixed to the supporting member, a spacing between the rear mirror member and the supporting member is held by the spacer member and then the vibration of the piezo-electric vibrator is tansmitted to the front transparent member. The front transparent member is exposed from the opening of the holder and at the same time the circumferential edge of the anti-halation mirror member is held by the holding part. With such an arrangement above, a function of anti-halation and another function of removing water droplets can be provided.

Vehicle mirror including an anti-halation mirror member a piezo-electric

An arrangement is provided for removing foreign substances from a mirror. A vibrator for vibrating the mirror includes a vibration controlling unit for supplying power to the vibrator. As the vibration controlling unit is located close to the vibrator, the length of the conductive wire which transmits the power can be minimized so as to reduce radio noise. The heat generated by the vibration control unit can be radiated sufficiently through a metallic case member and the vibration controlling unit can be disposed in the closed, small space between the mirror and the housing. Therefore, the size of the housing can be reduced so as to minimize the space which surrounds the vibration control unit. Further, the vibration control unit can be protected from contamination due to the closed case member.

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Nagoya, Japan

Naofumi Fujie